Experts

Karen R. Harris, Currey Ingram Professor of Special Education and Literacy at Vanderbilt University, has worked in the field of education for over 30 years. She has taught kindergarten and fourth grade, as well as elementary and secondary students with ADHD, learning disabilities, and behavioral/emotional difficulties. Dr. Harris' research focuses on theoretical and intervention issues in the development of academic and self-regulation strategies among students who are at-risk and those with severe learning challenges such as learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Author of over 100 publications, she contributes to the leading journals in special education, general education, and educational psychology. She is currently editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology. She is co-author of several books, including two recent books with Steve Graham, Writing Better: Teaching Writing Processes and Self-Regulation to Students with Learning Difficulties., and their soon to be released book, Powerful Writing Strategies for All Students, both published by Brookes Publishing Co. Nationally, she has served as president of the Division for Research of the Council for Exceptional Children, as an officer for the American Educational Research Association. She and Steve Graham received the Distinguished Researcher Award for special education research from the American Educational Research Association and the Career Research Award from the International Council for Exceptional Children.